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The release of Blade Runner 2049 in October 2017 was not met with universal acclaim. Across Twitter and numerous other blog posts and articles, it was decried for its misogyny. Charlotte Gush pronounced the then-newly released film as “a misogynistic mess, and the most overrated … Continue reading The misogyny of Blade Runner 2049?

Tim Hayes’ review of Blade Runner 2049 for the British Film Institute pinpointed some of the film’s more unsettling questions, such those pertaining to memory and identity, childhood regret and nostalgia, misanthropy and slave culture.

Reviewing Blade Runner 2049 for the Observer in October 2017, Mark Kermode remarked of Denis Villeneuve’s sequel to the Ridley Scott classic that it was as good as the hype suggests, spectacular enough to win over new generations of viewers, yet deep enough to reassure diehard … Continue reading Mark Kermode on Blade Runner 2049